Chardai Johnson

CTL-E-6312 · Person · businessperson · contemporary

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Combined Graph record U-07498 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6312.

Chardai Johnson is Managing Director and Head of the Economic Equity Advisory Group at BMO Bank N.A., the bank practice that cultivates relationships with Black-owned businesses to expand access to capital; HOPE Chicago's leadership page confirms the title verbatim. At BMO since 2012, she previously led a U.S. Commercial Banking team serving family-owned and private businesses, was named a Rising Star Women Leader of Banking for 2024, and has held trustee and board roles with the ChiArts Foundation and Horizons for Youth. She was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.

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Organization edge: BMO is not homed in the graph; an affiliated_with edge is BLOCKED until homed. (BMO is also the honor's sponsor; the sponsor edge is separately blocked — see the honor record.) Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.

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• WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
  Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Managing Director & Head, Economic Equity Advisory Group, BMO Bank N.A..

Sources

• WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Chardai Johnson as Managing Director & Head, Economic Equity Advisory Group, BMO Bank N.A., among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
• HOPE Chicago, Leadership page (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Chardai Johnson as Managing Director & Head, Economic Equity Advisory Group, BMO Bank N.A. (primary source · build store)
• The Women We Admire, 'The Top Women Leaders in Banking for 2026' (accessed 2026-10-21): Johnson's Economic Equity Advisory Group leadership since April 2025, BMO tenure from 2012, prior Director & Team Lead role in U.S. Commercial Banking, 2024 Rising Star Women Leader of Banking, and ChiArts Foundation and Horizons for Youth board service. (build store)
• Los Angeles Sentinel (accessed 2026-10-21): describes BMO's Economic Equity Advisory Group cultivating banking relationships with Black-owned businesses to expand access to capital. (build store)

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